MAPPING INCOME INEQUALITY ACROSS THE OECD

Peter Hoeller, Isabelle Joumard, Mauro Pisu and Debbie Bloch

Chapter 2 in Income Inequality in OECD Countries:What are the Drivers and Policy Options?, 2014, pp 13-42 from World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd.

Abstract: AbstractThe following sections are included:Introduction and Main FindingsMain findingsDrivers of InequalityIndividual Labor EarningsMoving from Individual to Household Labor EarningsMoving from HLEs to Total Market IncomeThe Contribution of the Market Income Components to Overall HMI InequalityThe Distribution of HDIAdding In-kind TransfersCharacterizing Cross-country Inequality PatternsCountry Profiles Trace the Various Inequality DimensionsA Cluster Analysis Allows Identifying Groups of Countries Sharing Similar Inequality PatternsInequality and Poverty in Large Emerging EconomiesGlobal InequalityReferencesANNEXAnnex 2.1: Measures of Income Inequality

Keywords: Labour Income Inequality; Disposable Income Inequality; Poverty; Top Incomes; Wealth Distribution; Education; Labour Market Institutions; Product Market Regulation; Globalization; Technological Change; Redistribution Through Taxes and Transfers; Quantile Regressions; Cluster Analysis (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2014
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